The White Rose of Hong Kong

The White Rose of Hong Kong

The White Rose of Hong Kong

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The White Rose of Hong Kong

1965

1h 50m

7.0(1 votes)

Thriller

Drama

Crime

Overview

Narcotics officer Matsumoto’s investigation into a drug smuggling ring leads him from Tokyo to Hong Kong, where personal ties and painful secrets unravel a complex web of betrayal. As love, family, and justice collide, Matsumoto must face a truth too deep to escape—and a loss too great to mend.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Chang Mei-Yao

Chang Mei-Yao

Lin Yu-li

Akira Takarada

Akira Takarada

Susumu Utsugi

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Shiro Matsumoto

Hiroshi Koizumi

Hiroshi Koizumi

Takeda, Chief of the Narcotics Division/ Drug dealer boss

Yū Fujiki

Yū Fujiki

Sergeant

Kumi Mizuno

Kumi Mizuno

Yuko Nakao

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Shozo Tabe

Akihiko Hirata

Akihiko Hirata

Secretary Asano

Shōji Yasui

Shōji Yasui

Chief/Boss Otomo

Eijirō Yanagi

Eijirō Yanagi

Lin Qingming/ Kiyoaki Hayashi

Creative team

Directed by: Jun Fukuda
Written by: Ichirō Ikeda
Produced by: Sanezumi Fujimoto
Yeung Chiu

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